Gymnosperms Gymnosperm means naked seed Sexual Reproduction Vascular.
Review of Plant Diversity Bryophytes non-vascular land plants Pteridophytes seedless vascular plants...
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Review of Plant Diversity
Bryophytesnon-vascularland plants
Pteridophytesseedless vascular plants
Gymnospermpollen & “naked” seeds
Angiospermflowers & fruit
pollen & seeds
vascular system = water conduction
mosses ferns
conifersflowering plants
colonization of land
Ancestral Protist
flowers
diploidmulticellularsporophyte2n
haploidmulticellulargametophyte1n
gametes1n
Plant
alternation of generations
mitosismitosis
fertilization
mitosis
meiosis
spores1n
zygote 2n
A Review of Alternation of Generations…
How is this different from animal life cycles?
A Gametophyte is:
A Sporophyte is:
First land plantsBryophytes: mosses & liverworts
non-vascularno water transport systemno true roots
cuticle prevents drying out
swimming spermflagellated sperm
lifecycle dominated by haploid gametophyte stagefuzzy moss plant you are
familiar with is haploid
spores for reproduction
diploidhaploid
Where mustmosses live?
Why can’t mosses grow
large?
Bryophytes: mosses & liverworts
Liverwort
Moss
Peat Bog
“Peat Moss”
Bryophyte significanceFood for mammals and birds
Prevent soil erosion along streams
Commercially – peat moss (Sphagnum) is used as a fuel, a soil conditioner, and by florists
FERNSSelaginella Psilotum
Horsetails Ferns
An important group of plants – 10,000 species exist!
First vascular plantsPteridophytes: ferns
vascularwater transport systemxylem, phloem, roots,
leavesswimming sperm
flagellated spermlife cycle dominated by
sporophyte stageleafy fern plant you are
familiar with is diploidfragile independent
gametophyte (prothallus)spores for reproduction
haploid cells which sprout to form gametophyte
diploid
Where mustferns live?
haploid
Alternation of generationsFern gametophyte (1n)
small haploid plant which produces gametes
archegonia
antheridia
diploid
Alternation of generations
haploid
produces male & female gametes
archegonia
antheridia
Fern sporophyte body partsFern sporophyte
has fronds (leaves)
• Young fronds are called fiddleheads• They also have an underground horizontal stem called the rhizome
• True roots come from the rhizome
Rhizome
FrondsUnder the fronds, spores are
produced in sporangia in clusterscalled sori (sorus = singular)
Spores grow into the gametophyte
The gametophyte grows the sporophyteThe sporophyte makes more spores
Significance of fernsEcologically important: Hold and form soil to
prevent erosion
As food – fern fiddleheadseaten in Hawaii, Japan, Philippines – very nutritiousand delicious!
As ornamental plants
Coal formationfrom ancient ferns
Early Pteridophytes: Tree Ferns
Carboniferous forest – 290-350 myaForests of seedless plants decayed into deposits of coal & oil
Pteridophytes: Tree fernsfrondsfrondsfiddleheadsfiddleheads
More seedless vascular plants… Club Moss
Horsetail
What next…?What major problems do bryophytes and
pteridophytes face?
What features do more advanced plants have that deal with these problems?